Perhaps few Oriental systems have become as widely accepted in the West as the martial arts. They claim to work by unifying mind, spirit, and body chiefly through meditation and physical discipline. How the martial arts work; the fitness claims; major problems and potential dangers are examined in this book.

Minds in Bloom describes how our brain/mind operates, sometimes leading us to strange places without our realizing that we are being taken for a ride. I take a new look at teaching and learning through the eyes of neurobiologists, whose machines can see inside our brains, and how societies control our behavior without our realizing it. In the end we are one part of the mystery of the universe.